The National Science Foundation awarded a two-year, $138,000 Project Grant to support research titled "Parallel Evolution of Lizards in Urban Heat Islands: Locomotor Performance, Muscle Physiology, and Gene Regulation." The grant falls under the NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), which aims to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the national scientific enterprise through increased knowledge and understanding of major problems confronting the nation. Specifically, this award will fund research examining the parallel evolution of lizard locomotor performance, muscle physiology, and gene regulation in urban heat islands. The work will be conducted in Providence, Rhode Island through February 2024.